Portsmouth Public Library, NHStephen Walt will speak on the different ways the US formulates effective and fair policies when it maintains "special relationships" with regional powers

For the first time in recent memory, large numbers of Americans are openly questioning their country’s strategy when it comes to international affairs. An April 2016 Pew poll found that 57 percent of Americans agree that the United States should “deal with its own problems and let others deal with theirs the best they can.” Tonight, Stephen M. Walt, the Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government will share his ideas on what the United States' strategy should be globally.